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Established in 186?.
irvbilHltctl Three Times E?:h Week.
9m Ti?e*>:iay, Thursday and Saturday.
Fatextd as second-class matter on
Sanusrj 9, 1909, at the post office
Bl OwKDjjeburg, S. 0., under the Act
tt Congress of March, 1879.
BtoS. L. turns. Editor and Proprietor,
ffaa. la nr Sims, ? - Publisher.
Subscription Bates.
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StaK?ttinces should be made by reg
istered letter, check, money order or
express order, payable to The limes
and Democrat, Orangeburg, S. C.
JLife would be brighter and more
congen al if people were more appre
ciative and responsive.
Every Representative who calls
himself a Democrat should toe the
mark on the Democratic program as
agreed on.
The greater the difficulty conquer
ed the greater is the honor of con
quest ind the influence upon life
which it brings.
A vi jr of New Jersey lovers were
arrested for quarreling on the way
to getting married. Perhaps they
thought they were already married.
The British house of lords con
tinues to squirm in trying to avoid
the surgical operation that threatens
to cut the tail off just behind the
ears.
Temperance reform, like all other
reform-, has its ebb and flow, nut on
the whole it is making: steady pro
gress lo the very great benefit of all
who acvept its principles.
The goodness of some people is al
together negative. The most that can
be saiil of them is that they don't
do harm. They need to supplement
that with a goodness that is positive.
Zicr. City in Illinois does not
seem :o be well named. Rival fac
tions md the unlovely names they
call'each other indicate that peace,
goodwill and holiness are conspicu
ous in their absence.
"It appears that Senator Simmons
of North Carolina is being opposed
for reelection by a man who prom
ises tc be the same kind of Democrat
in Washington that he is at ? oine.
How delightfully old-fashioned!" ex
claims the Dallas News.
Of course, you will say, "I certain
ly carnot help it." Yet you can.
What you lack in courage?courage
that springs from consciousness of
right. You ought to be able to pro
test in your own town, in your own
city, against things that are wrong.
"Dr. Mary Walker has worn trous
ers for 50 years. It would be in
structive to know how long a pair
of trousers last the Doctor and why
and when and where they wear out."
We are shocked at this paragraph
from the pen of Brother Ball, the
brilliant paragrapher of The- State.
Senator Martin, the D emocratic
leader in the Senate, voted eighteen
times with Aldrich on the tariff bill,
which the democratic party is pledged
to revise and reduce. Yet some dem
ocrat!; newspapers calls Mr. Bryan's
efforts! to have somebody elected who
is in accord with the platform of tub
democracy "dictation."
The Spartanburg Journal hits the
nail on the head when It says the
people of this country will never get
what they are entitled to until we
iget rid of a lot of old fossils in the
United States senate, who pose as
"conservative Southern Democrats,"
the political difference between whom
and the standpat Republicans could
not be discerned with a ralscroscope.
Whatever profit a farmer makes
is the result of honest and intelli
gent labor. There is nothing of wat
ered stock about it nor a combina
tion to stifle competition and unduly
raise prices. He competes in the
open market and so far from impos
ing upon his fellows he is for more
likely to be imposed upon by ml )die
men und others who control prices.
To the average man the TI.tIv
Synoc; of Russia seems to be one of
the unholiest institutions extant, for
it is cruel and intolerant in the ex
treme. The refusal to allow Jews to
adopt Christian given names is born
of a ?pirit that is in direct opposition
to that of the Christ whom the Snyod
professes to love, serve and obey.
How true it is that under the Rus
sian :;kin you find the Tartar.
Pe-haps it is true that men can
not be made honest by legislation.
But proper legislation rightly en
force:! can make it decidedly unpleas
ant and unprofitable for a m-in to
be dishonest, and that would b? no
smal' gain. Already this is done to,
some extent, but something mir? I?
needed to reach business defaulters
and political boodlers who escape
through the meshes of legal techni
calities.
It is to the great advantage of
smal er cities and towns to have the
farmers patronage. But If that is to
be S'cured, one very necessary thing
is to have the roads in good condition
at all seasons of the year. Farmers
have been known to avoid towns near
at hand, but to which the approach
is well nigh impassible in wet weath
er, end go miles further to buy and
sell in towns, the roads to which are
kept 5.n good order. To let roads re
main in bad condition because it
takes money to improve them is ex
ceed ngly poor economy.
Eternal Vigilance "Necessary.
It behooves democrats to be on
their guard. The friends of preda
tory interests?the benoflciaries of
special privilege and governmental
favoritism?are always at work. They
never sleep. With them politics is a
business because they make the gov
ernment a business asset. They are
able to bring pressure to bear upon
their class of papers. When they
want to nominate a man for office, he
at once become a man of distinction,
a man of ability?just the man for
whom the people are looking. And
they have somebody for office when
ever there is a place to be filled.
They have their candidates for
congress and for the senate. They
have their candidates for all the
judgships, for the cabinet and for
the presidency. They are just now
laying their plans to capture the
democratic national convention and
nominate a candidate who will be
satisfactory to the Wall Street inter
ests. If they find that the progressive
sentiment is too strong to be entirely
ignored, they will take someone who
has been progressive enough to fur
nish them something to talk about
but not progressive enough to fright
en the interests.
The democratic party seems ready
to come into its own. After a long
fight the progressive policies which
aroused the opposition of all the
predatory interests in 1S96 are be
coming the accepted policies of the
country, but the interests will do
their best to nominate a candidate
who is not in sympathy with them
and who tried to retard their prog
gress. Let not the democrats be de
ceived. The work of a democratic
president will be no easy work. The
cleaning out of the stables will be a
Herculean task. It will require
strength of body, strength of mind
and unflinching moral purpose.
It is no time for compromise. The
times require a stalwart, fearless,
leader. The time is not ripe yet for
the selection of ; ? andidate. Con
gress will largely shape the issues and
may develop the man but whether he
comes from the senate or the house
or from a state position, he must
measure up to the requirement of the
occasion and be able to summon the
progressive hosts to his banner. He
must be positive and progressive if
he is to win the confidence of those
who are seeking remedial legislation.
The above ringing call from the
Commoner will be heartily endoised
by every Democrat who wants to see
his party achieve permanent success.
The democratic party is on trial, and
it cannot afford to betray the confi
dence the people reposed in it at
the polls last November. It has been
commissioned to do a great work,
and it must do that work, or the
people will reject it at the polls. It
is discouraging that a backward step
was taken in the selection of a man
like Senator Martin for leader of
the Democratic minority in the Sen
ate, but that can be overcome if the
rank and file stands true.
Making No Mistakes.
The Democrats control for the
first time in sixteen years the lower
house of Congress, and so far they
have acted most wisely In all they
have done. Grit says they have an
opportunity that has seldom fallen to
the opposition party, and they appear
to have decided to make the most of
it. This decision is evidenced first
in the careful orgar.ization of the
House committees. It is noteworthy
that the press irrespective of parti
sanship, commends the Democratic
organization of the House commit
tees.
There is further evidence in the de
liberations of the Democratic House
caucus. To the caucus there was
submitted a legislative program
which had been so carefully studied
that it met with no opposition. This
program embraces legislation provid
ing for the election of United States
senators by the vote of the people;
compelling publicity of campaign con
tributions before and aii?<* election;
favoring Canadian reciprocity; gen
eral tariff revision ;ind other meas
ures affecting the revenues of the
government; reap portioning the
House to conform to the Thirteenth
census; authorizing Investigation of
the Executive departments; admit
ting the territories of Arizona and
New Mexico; and providing fo" de
ficiencies in appropriations of the last
Congress.
But, perhaps, the decision 's best
indicated by the harmony that ex
ists throughout the Democratic party
in Congress. As is well known the
party has been seriously divided, the
conservatives and the radicals pull
ing apart on many important matters.
Even these factions have been sub
divided, one element being conepiou
ous for its activity in the promotion
of measures for the benefit of special
interests. This element, it will be re
membered, practically elected Joe
Cannon speaker of the last Congress.
Yet differences appear now to have
been harmonized, chasms bridged,
and the conclusion reached that coun
try is greater than party, and party
greater than faction; and that if
country be served by party, there
must be harmony within its ranks.
The caucus was a love feast.
The Lorimer Case Again.
There are reason; to justify, if not
to expect, a reopening of the notor
ious Lorimer case by the United
States senate. The past week has
brought to light fresh evidence which
if sustained, proves decisively that a
bribery fund of one hundred thous
and dollars was contributed and was
used in the election of Lorimer Oy
the Illinois legislature. Such is the
sworn testimony of Mr. Clarence S.
Funk, who declares that he himself
was approached for a contribution of
ten thousand dollars. His informa
tion in this matter has every appear
ance of being not simply general and
suggestive but specific and conclu
sive.
The Atlanta Jot:rnal says it is to
be regretted that this testimony was
not volunteered months ago when
the senate was in the midst of l:s
investigation. it would probably
hare forced the blindest partisans
and sticklers to a sense of their duty,
and would have closed the loopholes
of technicality to which Lorimer's
acquittal seems to have been due.
Regardless of this, however, the Sta
ate can scarcely afford even at this
late hour, to shut its eyes to evidence
which it did not formerly possess and
which throws new light on this im
portant matter.
The country was sorely dissatis
fied over the Lorimer verdict, fhe
people felt that their highest legisla
tive body has passed its action on
purely technical rather than moral
standards. And they believed tnai
the majority in the senate had there
by greatly weakened the ethical tone
of that body and, indeed, had cast
a blot upon the nation's name. In
its own behalf, therefore, as well as
in behalf of good government, the
senate would do well to reopen this
case, which in the popular mind is
as vexed today as it was before the
first and seemingly farcial investiga
tion.
Support the Local Press.
Any town that does not adequate
ly support its local press is short
sighted and lacking in public spirit.
The local paper, beyond all other
agencies, diffuses lotwi news, plumul
es prosperity, and. is the best adver
tising medium for its business men.
A paper asks support not as a mat
ter of charity but that it may the
more perfectly serve the interests of
the community. This is something
which in many places merchants and
the pulbic generally overlook. Hut
when this suppor is accorded evcij
j rightful interest in me town is ?
j gainer.
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Found Notices Free.
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I orite magazine from Sims Pool:
Store. Call and look them over.
For Rent?Cottage on Green Street.
Apply to C. W. Prescott, Orange
burg, S. C. 3-25-tf
Money to Lend?We are In position
to negotiate loans on improved
real estate in Orangeburg City and
County. Glaze & Herbert. tf
For Rent.?Six room house, reno
vated throughout, on East Amelia
Street. Apply at 15 East Amelia
Street. 4-4-3*
For Rent or Sale after May 31, 1911,
house and lot, 110 feet fronting
on Russell Street, No. 213. Depth
729 feet. Apply to Geo. V. Zeig
ler.
Ice! Ice! Ice! I have opened my Ice
House for the summer and will be
pleased to serve my old as well as
new patrons with ice. Look out
for my wagon. J. B. Kelley.
Notice?Anyone having clock repah>
ing to do will oblige me by giving
me their patronage. I can now
see well enough to do repairing.
Parties can find me at city hall. A.
D. Powers. tf
For Sale?Eggs for hatching. Mam
moth Pekin Duck eggs. Price
?1.25 per setting of 11 eggs de
livered at your house in city or
express office, $1.00 If you send
to my residence for them. J. L.
Phillips, 85 Sellars Ave. 2-11-tf
Cotton Seed for Sale?We have on
hand a lot of Hites Prolific Cotton
?Seed, which we will sell for one
dollar per bushel. This cotton
turned out forty-two per cent 'int
last year. Verdery & Wertz, Or
angeburg, S. C. 4-13-3
Wanted every man in the city of Or
angfeburg to own his home. We
have a nice cottage, No. 255 East
Russell Street on lot 125x729 feet,
just the right distance from the
city on Main street. Special prices
for a quick sale. See me quick.
F. R. Simpson Real Estate Co.,
33 West Russell St.
Wanted to sell a nice nine room house
No. 25 East Russel Street on lot
110 x 729 feet, known as the Or
angeburg Hospital Property. High,
dry and healthy and will not stay
on the market long at the price
we are now offering. See me quick.
F. R. Simpson Real Estate Co.,
33 West Russell St., Orangeburg,
S. C.
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BLACKVILLE, SO. CAR.
To-days Program
FINE PROGRAM TODAY.
About 4,000 feet of films?4 pictures.
The Lover and The Court
(Edison)
His Master's Son
(S. and A.)
It Did Look Suspicious
(Vitagraph.)
-AND
The Spy
(Selig.)
HERBERT L. GAMBATI,
Prop.
THE IDEAL TEACHER.
Paper Read at Teachers Meeting by
Miss Minnie Walsh.
The following paper was read by
Miss Minnie Walsh at the recent
county teacher's meeting held in this
city. It was moved and passed that
it be published:
The ideal teacher greets her pu
pils at all times with cheerfulness.
She does not allow the daily drill
to become monotonous, and she takes
a few minutes each day or at 1ojs(;
once a week for stories and recita
tions of the most interesting kind.
She will make it suit to spend some
time out of doors showing the chil
dren how to observe nature.
She makes her teaching < ffective
for she makes it accord witu her ev
ery day life at home and abroad.
She uses no deceit, no hypocrisy,
[but teaches her life exemplified in her
make up and merely imparts herself
to the pupils.
The teacher who has the great gift
of teaching and the power of inspira
tion to cause each pupil to become
noble and have higher and greater
ideas is one of the rarest specimens
j that can be found.
The teacher who is best suited to
teach has all things round about
clean and in order knowing that
cleanliness is akin to godliness. Per
sonality, for a teacher, counts mora
I believe, than any other attribu*e..
Whatever she does for her pupils,
whether by example or precept,
whether it is to enlarge their under
standing or to elevate and strengthen
their purposes. Do not forget the
crowning grace of the ideal and suc
cessful teacher is sympathy. There
is a bond between the teacher and
pupils by means of which her influ
ence may be felt and without which
the best results cannot be realized.
OLD TOIES DOWN SOUTH.
Augusta Chronicle's Comments A?'<\
Favorable.
Orangeburg should turn out en
masse to hear Polk Miller and his
quartette next Monday night. Heie
is what the Augusta Chronicle says
ot them: "Mr. Polk Miller's enter
tainment at Miller Walker Hall last
night was a revelation even to South
ern ears who have known from child
hood the exquisite harmony of ante
bellum negroes' minstrelsy and folk
songs. In his quartette of negro
singers, Mr. Miller has a medium for
presenting old time plantation music
probably superior to any other be
cause the betrayal is true to life and
because the ability of the four men
is phenomenal. The quartette is a
marvel. Of course Mr. Miller is al
ways himself a gifted Southern gen
tleman whose position in the world of
Southern melody is like that of
Thomas Nelson Page and Joel Chand
ler Harris in Southern literature.
His banjo playing has the true plan
tation swing and his jokes and talos
are ever new. His singing is charac
teristic and sympathetic."
The extent to which the railways of
the Southeastern States are aiding in
the material development of this sec
tion may not be generally understood.
Some interesting light is thrown upon
this by the report of the Southern
Railway Company to the interstate
Commerce Commission for the year
ended June 30, 1910, which shows
that that Company expended for the
work of its land and industrial de
partment in co-operation with com
munities, commercial organization
and individuals along its lines a total
of $59,451, being more than the
amount expended by any one of the
principal railway companies of the
United States for this purpose, with a
single exception.
Since the end of the last fiscal
I year, the period covered by the above
statistics, the Southern Railway Com
pany has considerably enlarged the
work of its land and industrial de
partment and has supplemented it by
the organization of a Cotton Culture
Department, devoted exclusively to
co-operating with the United State
Agricultural Department and the ag
ricultural commissioners of the States
in efforts to bring about a larger
average yield of cotton per acre and
to advise the farmers as to the best
methods of growing cotton in spite
of the Mexican cotton boll weevil in
! alities where that insect is present.
In addition to this, stops are now
being taken still further to enlarge
the co-operative development work of
the company and increase its effic
iency.
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ESTABLISHED 1882.
53 East Russell St.Orangeburg, S. C.
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And back of our goods is
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money promptly returned
if anything goes wrong.
orge V. Zeigler.
Orangeburg, S. C.